(57) An apparatus for extracting the contents from a refill pouch comprises a holding
member (3) for holding the pouch with its extraction port located downward, and a
pump (4) attached to the extraction port of the pouch. The pump has a pump body (26)
defining a housing space (29) having an inlet opening (27) and an outlet opening (28),
an inlet-side valve (32) which communicates with the extraction port to open and close
the inlet opening (27) so that the contents can be introduced into the housing space
(29) from the pouch, and an outlet-side valve (37) to open and close the outlet opening
(28) so that the contents in the housing space (29) can be discharged through a nozzle
(38) that communicates with the outlet-side valve (37). In one embodiment, the pump
has two spindles (41,42) disposed in laterally spaced-apart relation at opposite sides
of the pump body (26) and that are manually movable towards each other in a sidewise
direction of the pump body (26) to pressurize the housing space (29) so that the contents
can be extracted through the nozzle (38). In another embodiment, the pump wall portion
is constituted by a resiliently compressible, restorable and flexible material so
that the contents in the housing space can be extracted through the nozzle by manually
squeezing the pump wall portion thereby pressurizing the housing space.
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